K P Singhdeo new president of Cong Orissa unit

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, K P Singhdeo was appointed president of the Orissa unit of Congress. Singhdeo replaces Jaideb Jena, who had tendered his resignation three days ago, party sources said.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, K P Singhdeo was on Tuesday appointed president of the Orissa unit of Congress.

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Singhdeo replaces Jaideb Jena, who had tendered his resignation three days ago, party sources said.

In a complete overhauling of the state of unit of the party before the parliamentary polls, three working presidents have been appointed to assist Singhdeo. They are Chandrasekhar Sahu, L B Mahapatra and Bhakta Charan Das.

Senior leader Srikant Jena would be the chairman of the campaign committee.